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IDEF Working Group                   S.F. Wu, X. Zhao, J. Yuill, P. Chen
INTERNET-DRAFT                                       NC State University
draft-wu-ids-eventcorr-mib-00.txt                            M. Erlanger
                                                           HMC/Aerospace
                                                        F. Gong, F. Wang
                                                                    MCNC
                                                              M.Y. Huang
                                                                  Boeing

                                                        October 21, 1999

          Intrusion Detection System Event Correlation MIB
                 <draft-wu-ids-eventcorr-mib-01.txt>

Status of this Memo

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   all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026.

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   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo defines, using the MIB format, the data model for
   intrusion event correlation. In particular, it defines how the
   relationship among low-level and high-level events can be
   represented, and how this information model can be extended to
   support different type of intrusion detection and security
   management applications.

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Table of Contents

   1.  The SNMP Network Management Framework ......................... ?
   2.  Problems addressed and goals .................................. 4
   3.  MIB design .................................................... 5
   4.  The Intrusion Detection System Event MIB ...................... 7
   5.  Examples to use IDS Event MIB ................................. 7
   6.  Intellectual Property .........................................17
   7.  Acknowledgements ..............................................17
   8.  References ....................................................18
   Security Considerations ...........................................20
   Authors' Addresses ................................................21
   Full Copyright Statement ..........................................22

1.  The SNMP Network Management Framework

   The SNMP Network Management Framework presently consists of five
   major components:

    o   An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [1].

    o   Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
        purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
        Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
        RFC 1155 [2], RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4]. The second version,
        called SMIv2, is described in RFC 1902 [5], RFC 1903 [6] and RFC
        1904 [7].

    o   Message protocols for transferring management information. The
        first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
        described in RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the SNMP message
        protocol, which is not an Internet standards track protocol, is
        called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and RFC 1906 [10].
        The third version of the message protocol is called SNMPv3 and
        described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2572 [11] and RFC 2574 [12].

    o   Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
        first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
        described in RFC 1157 [8]. A second set of protocol operations
        and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905 [13].

    o   A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573 [14] and
        the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2575
        [15].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  Objects in the MIB are
   defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

   This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A
   MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
   translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
   equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
   translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable
   information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
   SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine
   readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the
   MIB.

2.  Problems addressed and goals

   The emergence of collaborated attacks in recent years requires IDS
   technology to move ahead to a new frontier, where different IDSs

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   work in a distributed and cooperated fashion.  Basically they need
   talk to others and talk in a same 'language', which should be in a
   common format and unambiguous, as well as has enough descriptive
   power.  For practical reason, it should be easily implemented and
   involves little overheads.

   A few internet drafts [???] have been proposed to represent the
   data format for intrusion information/events. And, a few commercial
   products such as ISS's RealSecure provide an interface to access
   and interact with intrusion detection information and systems. A
   typical example is the interaction between RealSecure and
   Checkpoint firewall using "opsec."

   However, none of the current works addressed the issue of
   correlation among events in different levels of abstraction. For
   instance, when the IDS detected a portscan attack, how detailed
   should IDS report to the security manager? How does the manager
   find out whether it is a slow portscan or how many machines or IP
   addresses (please note that some of the "ghost" addresses might
   have been scanned) have been scanned and in what rate?

   For another example, when an IDS detected a SynFlood attack, how
   will it report the details if the security manager is interested in
   knowing: how many SynFlood packets? how long? How about source IP
   addresses -- are they the same or random? If random, what are they?

   What we have today is a set of non-structure events, and their
   relationship is not uniformally represented. Our objective in this
   proposal is to define a structure to relate low-level and
   high-level events as well as a framework to extend new relations.

3.  MIB design

   In the real world, people often describe an event with a tuple of
   five elements: <WHERE, WHEN, WHO, WHAT, HOW>.  Borrowed from this
   idea, our MIB also use the same tuple to describe the attacks in
   the cyberspace.  Our MIB organizes the information of an event into
   these five categories.  'WHERE' contains the information on where
   an attack is launched, where is the target and where this event is
   observed.  'WHEN' is a timestamp of a event, which specifies the
   beginning time, ending time of an event and/or the informaiton of
   frequency or times of occurrences.  'WHO' will indicate which IDS
   observed the event and, if possible, which user and/or process
   triggered it.  'WHAT' records the detailed information, such as
   protocol type, protocol-specific data, and packet content.  The
   links between abstract events and raw events specify 'HOW', which
   we will explain in the following.

   Most of currently developed or developing IDSs fall into two
   categories: signature-based IDS and statistic-based IDS.
   Signature-based IDSs use signature recognition approach to detect
   intrusions, which can be implemented, for example, by finite state
   machines. Under this approach, a set of low level "raw" events will

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   trigger the state transitions. When such a finite state machine
   stopped in a particular critical state, a particular intrusion has
   been detected and thus a high level abstract event is generated.
   Statistic-based IDSs use statistical approach which monitors
   deviations from a long-term profile.  A single significant
   deviation can be regarded as a raw event.  When an IDS detects a
   list of deviations and believes an intrusion is in progress, an
   abstract event can be produced. Therefore, in order to represent
   the relations among raw and high-level events, we use another
   table, reference table, to link abstract event with corresponding
   raw events, which specify the 'HOW' as we explained above.

4.  The Intrusion Detection System Event Correlation MIB

idsEventMIB DEFIITIONS ::= BEGIN

        IMPORTS
                TRAP-TYPE
                        FROM RFC-1215
                PhysAddress, DisplayString
                        FROM RFC1213-MIB
                OBJECT-TYPE
                        FROM RFC-1212
                TimeTicks, Gauge, Counter
                        FROM RFC1155-SMI
                MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE,
                experimental, Integer32, Unsigned32,
                NOTIFICATION-TYPE
                        FROM SNMPv2-SMI
                mib-2
                        FROM RFC1213-MIB
                TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, RowStatus,
                TimeStamp, DisplayString,
                AutonomousType, DateAndTime
                        FROM SNMPv2-TC
                MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP
                        FROM SNMPv2-CONF
                FailureReason
                        FROM NOTIFICATION-MIB
                SnmpTagValue
                        FROM SNMP-TARGET-MIB
                SnmpAdminString
                        FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB;

        idsEvent MODULE-IDENTITY
                LAST-UPDATED "990625"
                ORGANIZATION "NCSU."
                CONTACT-INFO
                "
                S. Felix Wu
                Tel: +1-919-515-7920
                E-mail: wu@csc.ncsu.edu

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                Xiaoliang Zhao
                Tel: +1-919-513-1894
                E-mail: xzhao@unity.ncsu.edu

                Ping Chen
                Tel: +1-919-513-1894
                E-mail: pchen3@unity.ncsu.edu
                "
        DESCRIPTION
                "The MIB module for exchanging information
                 between IDS systems."
::= { experimental }

--
-- textual conventions
--

Utf8String ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
         DISPLAY-HINT "255a"
         STATUS  current
         DESCRIPTION

         "To facilitate internationalization, this TC
         represents information taken from the ISO/IEC IS
         10646-1 character set, encoded as an octet string
         using the UTF-8 character encoding scheme described
         in RFC 2044 [11].  For strings in 7-bit US-ASCII,
         there is no impact since the UTF-8 representation
         is identical to the US-ASCII encoding."

         SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))

idsEvents OBJECT IDENTIFIER     ::= { idsEventMIB 1 }

--
-- idsAbstractEventTable
--

idsAbstractEventTable OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SEQUENCE OF idsAbstractEventEntry
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Table of abstract events originated by IDS."
::= { idsEvents 1 }

idsAbstractEventEntry OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        idsAbstractEventEntry
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "An entry in the table, containing high level information
        about a suspicious event."
::= { idsAbstractEventTable 1 }

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idsAbstractEventEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        idsAbstractEventOriginator              SnmpAdminString
        idsAbstractEventIndex                   INTEGER(1..2147483647)
        idsAbstractEventGeneralType             Utf8String
        idsAbstractEventSpecificType            Utf8String
        idsAbstractEventConfidency              INTEGER(0..100)
        idsAbstractEventReferencesBegin         OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd           OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        idsAbstractEventReasoningModelID        Utf8String
        idsAbstractEventUserID                  Utf8String
        idsAbstractEventProcessID               INTEGER(0..65535)
        idsAbstractEventTimeBegin               TimeStamp
        idsAbstractEventTimeEnd                 TimeStamp
        idsAbstractEventInterval                INTEGER(0..65535)
        idsAbstractEventSourceNetworkAddress    IPAddress
        idsAbstractEventTargetNetworkAddress    IPAddress
        idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol        Utf8String
        idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail  OCTET STRING (SIZE
(0..2048))
        idsAbstractEventLocationExt             OCTET STRING (SIZE
(0..2048))
        idsAbstractEventAttackImpact            DisplayString
        idsAbstractEventAttackPenetration       DisplayString
        idsAbstractEventIDSResponse             DisplayString
        idsAbstractEventIDSAdvisory             DisplayString
        idsAbstractEventVendorSpecificDataValue OCTET STRING (SIZE \
(0..2048))
}

idsAbstractEventOriginator OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The ID agent name who generate the event, which should be unique
        in a management domain."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 1 }

idsAbstractEventIndex OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(1..2147483647)
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "An index that uniquely identifies an entry in the abstract
        event table. These indices are assigned beginning with 1 and
        increase by one with each new entry. The agent may choose to
        delete the instances of idsAbstractEventEntry as required
        because of lack of memory.  It is an implementation
        specific matter as to when this deletion may occur and
        as to which entries are deleted."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 2 }

idsAbstractEventGeneralType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only

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        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "A general type to facilitate the classfication of attacks,
        e.g. network based attack vs host based attack, misuse or
        anomaly, etc."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 3 }

idsAbstractEventSpecificType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Using CVE [18] recommendations, which provide an uniform naming
        space, to identify the attack type known by IDS, e.g. Denial of
        Service/Net/Teardrop or Map/Net/Tcp Scan."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 4 }

idsAbstractEventConfidency OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(0..100)
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To which degree, IDS believe it is an attack."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 5 }

idsAbstractEventReferencesBegin OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The index value of the beginning raw in the idsReferenceTable.
        Pairing with idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd, we can locate all
        of the raw event which uncovered this attack."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 6 }

idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To point to the ending raw in the idsReferenceTable."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 7 }

idsAbstractEventReasoningModelID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To specify the relationship between abstract events and raw events.
        e.g., abstract events come from the signature recognition or anomaly
        detection of a list of raw events."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 8 }

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idsAbstractEventUserID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "If possible, specify who launched the attack."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 9 }

idsAbstractEventProcessID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(0..65535)
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "If possible, specify which process was involved in the attack."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 10 }

idsAbstractEventTimeBegin OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        TimeStamp
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "When is the first time IDS noticed the attack."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 11 }

idsAbstractEventTimeEnd OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        TimeStamp
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "when is the last raw event occurred related with this attack."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 12 }

idsAbstractEventInterval OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(0..65535)
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To measure the intensity of an attack, i.e. how many related
        raw events occurred within a specific period."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 13 }

idsAbstractEventSourceNetworkAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        IPAddress
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To specify the source of a network based attack, maybe variable."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 14 }

idsAbstractEventTargetNetworkAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        IPAddress

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        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The target of a network based attack, maybe variable."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 15 }

idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Which protocol(s) is attacked, The format of this field must
        follow Network Protocol Name/Transportation Protocol
        Name/Application Protocol Name, e.g. TCP, TCP/BGP, IP/TCP/HTTP."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 16 }

idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..2048))
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The detailed protocol-specific information. For each protocol
        specified in idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol, here has a
        corresponding list of <name,value> pairs which contains
        protocol-specific data. The list will be enclosed in a pair of
        braces and be seperated by slash from each other. The synax of
        <name,value> pair will be "name=value;".  For example, if
        idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol = TCP/HTTP, then
        idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail = {source
        port=1234;}/{url=www4.ncsu.edu/~xzhao;method=get;}
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 17 }

idsAbstractEventLocationExt OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..2048))
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "If it is not a TCP/IP network, provide all necessary information
        here about the source, target, and detailed data."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 18 }

idsAbstractEventAttackImpact OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        DisplayString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To indicate the potential impact of the attack, as required by
        IDWG."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 19 }

idsAbstractEventAttackPenetration OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        DisplayString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only

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        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To indicate the degree of the penetration achieved by the attack."
:= { idsAbstractEventEntry 20 }

idsAbstractEventIDSResponse OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        DisplayString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The automatic actions taken by the IDS in the response to the
        event (if any)."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 21 }

idsAbstractEventIDSAdvisory OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "An advisory from a noted authority such as CERT."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 22 }

idsAbstractEventVendorSpecificDataValue OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..2048))
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To define vendor specific data."
::= { idsAbstractEventEntry 23 }

--
-- ids RawEventTable
--

idsRawEventTable OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SEQUENCE OF idsRawEventEntry
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The table of raw events caught by IDS."
::= { idsEvents 2 }

idsRawEventEntry OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        idsRawEventEntry
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "An entry in the table, containing all necessary information
        about a raw event."
:= { idsRawEventTable 1 }

idsRawEventEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        idsRawEventOrigator                     SnmpAdminString

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        idsRawEventIndex                        INTEGER(1..2147483647)
        idsRawEventGeneralInfo                  Utf8String
        idsRawEventDetailedInfo                 OCTET STRING (SIZE
(0..8192))
        idsRawEventUserID                       Utf8String
        idsRawEventProcessID                    INTEGER(0..65535)
        idsRawEventTimeStamp                    TimeStamp
        idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress         IPAddress
        idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress         IPAddress
        idsRawEventAttackedProtocol             Utf8String
        idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail       OCTET STRING (SIZE
(0..2048))
        idsRawEventLocationExt                  OCTET STRING (SIZE
(0..2048))
}

idsRawEventOriginator OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The IDS name who record the raw event."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 1 }

idsRawEventIndex OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(1..2147483647)
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "An unique value for each raw event. It is recommended that values
        are assigned continousely starting from 1."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 2 }

idsRawEventGeneralInfo OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "A general description of raw event, e.g. it is a abnomaly from
        users normal behavior or a failed attempt of a connection."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 3 }

idsRawEventDetailedInfo OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..8192))
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The most detailed information about raw event should be put here,
        e.g. in a network based attack, the data portion in IP packet is
        the most detailed information."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 4 }

idsRawEventUserID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current

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        DESCRIPTION
        "If possible, put user name here."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 5 }

idsRawEventProcessID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(0..65535)
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "If possible, put process ID here."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 6 }

idsRawEventTimeStamp OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        TimeStamp
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "When this raw event occurred."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 7 }

idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        IPAddress
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Where the attack is launched."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 8 }

idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        IPAddress
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Who is the target."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 9 }

idsRawEventAttackedProtocol OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        Utf8String
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Which protocol(s) is attacked. The format is the same as
        described in the DESCRIPTION of
        idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 10 }

idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..2048))
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The detailed protocol-specific information.  The format is the
        same as described in the DESCRIPTION of

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        idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 11 }

idsRawEventLocationExt OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..2048))
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "If it is not a TCP/IP network, provide all necessary information
        here about the source, target, and detailed data."
::= { idsRawEventEntry 12 }

--
-- idsReferenceTable
--

idsReferenceTable OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SEQUENCE OF idsReferenceEntry
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "This table is a bridge between abstract events and raw events.
        One abstract event is supported by a list of raw events. These
        raw events' index is continously stored  in the table thus be
        able to be located by specifying the beginning and ending points."
::= { idsEvents 3 }

idsReferenceEntry OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        idsReferenceEntry
        MAX-ACCESS    not-accessible
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "An entry in the table. Each entry contains one raw events index
        which support the abstract event."
::= { idsReferenceTable 1 }

idsReferenceEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        idsReferenceOriginator          SnmpAdminString
        idsReferenceIndex               INTEGER(0..2147483647)
        idsReferenceRawEventTag         OBJECT IDENTIFIER
}

idsReferenceOriginator OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "Who create this entry, generally it is the IDS agent name."
::= { idsReferenceEntry 1 }

idsReferenceIndex OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        INTEGER(0..2147483647)
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only

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        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "The unique index in the table. All entries between a particular
        starting point and ending point are related to the same abstract
        event."
::= { idsReferenceEntry 2 }

idsReferenceRawEventTag OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX        OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        MAX-ACCESS    read-only
        STATUS        current
        DESCRIPTION
        "To point the corresponding raw event's index in idsRawEventTable."
::= { idsReferenceEntry 3 }

    -- Conformance information

    idsEventConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { idsEventMIB 2 }

    idsEventGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { idsEventConformance 1 }
    idsEventCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { idsEventConformance 2 }

    -- Compliance statements

    idsEventsCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The compliance statement for SNMP entities
                 which implement the
                            INTRUSION-DETECTION-EVENT-MIB."

        MODULE  -- this module
            MANDATORY-GROUPS {
                     idsAbstractEventGroup,
                     idsRawEventGroup,
                     idsReferenceGroup
            }

        ::= { idsEventCompliances 1 }

    -- Units of conformance

    idsAbstractEventGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
        OBJECTS {
           idsAbstractEventOriginator,
           idsAbstractEventIndex,
           idsAbstractEventGeneralType,
           idsAbstractEventSpecificType,
           idsAbstractEventConfidency,
           idsAbstractEventReferencesBegin,
           idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd,
           idsAbstractEventReasoningModelID,
           idsAbstractEventUserID,

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           idsAbstractEventProcessID,
           idsAbstractEventTimeBegin,
           idsAbstractEventTimeEnd,
           idsAbstractEventInterval,
           idsAbstractEventSourceNetworkAddress,
           idsAbstractEventTargetNetworkAddress,
           idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol,
           idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail,
           idsAbstractEventLocationExt,
           idsAbstractEventAttackImpact,
           idsAbstractEventAttackPenetration,
           idsAbstractEventIDSResponse,
           idsAbstractEventIDSAdvisory,
           idsAbstractEventVendorSpecificDataValue
        }

        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
                " A collection of information to describe the high-level
                  abstract event."
        ::= { idsEventGroups 1 }

    idsRawEventGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
        OBJECTS {
           idsRawEventOrigator,
           idsRawEventIndex,
           idsRawEventGeneralInfo,
           idsRawEventDetailedInfo,
           idsRawEventUserID,
           idsRawEventProcessID,
           idsRawEventTimeStamp,
           idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress,
           idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress,
           idsRawEventAttackedProtocol,
           idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail,
           idsRawEventLocationExt
        }

        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
                " A collection of information to describe the low-level
                  raw event."
        ::= { idsEventGroups 2 }

    idsReferenceGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
        OBJECTS {
           idsReferenceOriginator,
           idsReferenceIndex,
           idsReferenceRawEventTag
        }

        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION

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                " A collection of objects for generation and
                  despatch ofmessages pertaining to intrusions
                  detected."
        ::= { idsEventGroups 3 }

   END

5.  Examples to use IDS Event MIB

   In the following examples, we define 2 special values: if all bits
   are 0, it means no value avaiable for the corresponding field, while all
   bits 1 means any value is possible.

 - Port Scanning attack:

   Port scanning is usually the first step of a real attack, by which
   attackers try to gather information of the victim.  Once they find a
   running service has security hole, they can exploit it and launch an
   attack.

   /* the following record is in idsAbstractEventTable */

   {
   idsAbstractEventOriginator             = sniffer-1
   idsAbstractEventIndex                  = 103
   idsAbstractEventGeneralType            = network, misuse
   idsAbstractEventSpecificType           = Map/Net/Tcp Scan
   idsAbstractEventConfidency             = 0.85
   idsAbstractEventReferencesBegin        = 400
   idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd          = 500
   idsAbstractEventReasoningModelID       = Signature Recognition
   idsAbstractEventUserID                 = 0 (unknown user)
   idsAbstractEventProcessID              = 0 (unknown PID, not root PID)
   idsAbstractEventTimeBegin              = Tue Jun 22 17:34:57 EDT 1999
   idsAbstractEventTimeEnd                = Tue Jun 22 17:40:21 EDT 1999
   idsAbstractEventInterval               = 20 packets / second
   idsAbstractEventSourceNetworkAddress   = 152.1.75.161
   idsAbstractEventTargetNetworkAddress   = 152.1.75.160
   idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol       = TCP
   idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail = {SrcPort:65535;DestPort:65535;}
   idsAbstractEventLocationExt            = 0
   idsAbstractEventAttackImpact           = Configuration Info. Disclosure
   idsAbstractEventAttackPenetration      = localhost only
   idsAbstractEventIDSResponse            = raised alarm
   idsAbstractEventIDSAdvisory            = CERT advisory xxxxx
   idsAbstractEventVendorSpecificDataValue      = 0
   }

   /* the following is in the idsRawEventTable */

   {
   idsRawEventOriginator                  = sniffer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 1300

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   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = failed connection
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = 0
   idsRawEventUserID                      = 0
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 0
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:34:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.161
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.160
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = TCP
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = {SrcPort:2300;DestPort:5;}
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   idsRawEventOriginator                  = sniffer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 1301
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = half connection
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = 0
   idsRawEventUserID                      = 0
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 0
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:35:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.161
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.160
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = TCP
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = {SrcPort:2301;DestPort:7;}
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   ...

   idsRawEventOriginator                  = sniffer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 1305
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = half connection
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = 0
   idsRawEventUserID                      = 0
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 0
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:36:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.161
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.160
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = TCP
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = {SrcPort:2302;DestPort:23;}
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   ...
   }

   /* the following is in the idsReferenceTable */

   {
   idsReferenceOriginator         = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 400
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 1300

   idsReferenceOriginator         = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 401
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 1301

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   idsReferenceOriginator         = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 402
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 1305

   idsReferenceOriginator         = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 403
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 1309

   ...
   }

 - Ping-O-Death Event

   Ping-O-Death is a kind of attack that attackers send very large
   packet to crash network module of some systems.

   /* the following record is in idsAbstractEventTable */

   {
   idsAbstractEventOriginator             = sniffer-1
   idsAbstractEventIndex                  = 105
   idsAbstractEventGeneralType            = network, misuse
   idsAbstractEventSpecificType           = Denial of Services/
                                            Net/Ping-o-Death
   idsAbstractEventConfidency             = 0.9
   idsAbstractEventReferencesBegin        = 501
   idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd          = 599
   idsAbstractEventReasoningModelID       = Signature Recognition
   idsAbstractEventUserID                 = 0 (unknown user)
   idsAbstractEventProcessID              = 0 (unknown PID, not root PID)
   idsAbstractEventTimeBegin              = Tue Jun 22 17:34:57 EDT 1999
   idsAbstractEventTimeEnd                = Tue Jun 22 17:54:21 EDT 1999
   idsAbstractEventInterval               = 50 packets / second
   idsAbstractEventSourceNetworkAddress   = 152.1.75.161
   idsAbstractEventTargetNetworkAddress   = 152.1.75.170
   idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol       = ICMP
   idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail = {PacketSize:65510}
   idsAbstractEventLocationExt            = 0
   idsAbstractEventAttackImpact           = system crash
   idsAbstractEventAttackPenetration      = localhost only
   idsAbstractEventIDSResponse            = raised alarm
   idsAbstractEventIDSAdvisory            = CERT advisory xxxxx
   idsAbstractEventVendorSpecificDataValue      = 0
   }

   /* the following is in the idsRawEventTable */

   {
   idsRawEventOriginator                  = sniffer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 1500
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = defragmented ICMP packet
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = 0
   idsRawEventUserID                      = 0

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   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 0
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:34:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.161
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.170
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = ICMP
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = {PacketSize:1480;}
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   idsRawEventOriginator                  = sniffer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 1501
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = defragmented ICMP packet
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = 0
   idsRawEventUserID                      = 0
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 0
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:35:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.161
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.170
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = ICMP
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = {PacketSize:1480;}
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   ...

   idsRawEventOriginator                  = sniffer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 1505
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = defragmented ICMP packet
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = 0
   idsRawEventUserID                      = 0
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 0
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:36:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.161
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = 152.1.75.170
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = ICMP
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = {PacketSize:1480;}
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   ...
   }

   /* the following is in the idsReferenceTable */

   {
   idsReferenceOriginator                 = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex                      = 501
   idsReferenceRawDataTag                 = 1500

   idsReferenceOriginator                 = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex                      = 502
   idsReferenceRawDataTag                 = 1501

   idsReferenceOriginator                 = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex                      = 503
   idsReferenceRawDataTag                 = 1505

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   idsReferenceOriginator                 = sniffer-1
   idsReferenceIndex                      = 504
   idsReferenceRawDataTag                 = 1509

   ...
   }

 - User Activity Anomaly Event:

   User Activity Anomaly generally means a user's behavior significantly
   deviated from his normal profile. For example, a user usually just
   uses word processing software, suddenly, he seems begin to use
   compliers more.  That indicates his account maybe has been
   compromised.

   /* the following record is in idsAbstractEventTable */

   {
   idsAbstractEventOriginator             = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsAbstractEventIndex                  = 106
   idsAbstractEventGeneralType            = host, anomaly
   idsAbstractEventSpecificType           = User Activity Anomaly
   idsAbstractEventConfidency             = 0.67
   idsAbstractEventReferencesBegin        = 600
   idsAbstractEventReferencesEnd          = 700
   idsAbstractEventReasoningModelID       = Anomaly Detection
   idsAbstractEventUserID                 = aaa
   idsAbstractEventProcessID              = 65535
   idsAbstractEventTimeBegin              = Tue Jun 22 17:54:57 EDT 1999
   idsAbstractEventTimeEnd                = Tue Jun 22 18:10:21 EDT 1999
   idsAbstractEventInterval               = 0.1 activities / second
   idsAbstractEventSourceNetworkAddress   = localhost
   idsAbstractEventTargetNetworkAddress   = localhost
   idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocol       = 0
   idsAbstractEventAttackedProtocolDetail = 0
   idsAbstractEventLocationExt            = 0
   idsAbstractEventAttackImpact           = Localhost May Be Hacked
   idsAbstractEventAttackPenetration      = unknown, localhost at least
   idsAbstractEventIDSResponse            = raised alarm
   idsAbstractEventIDSAdvisory            = CERT advisory xxxxx
   idsAbstractEventVendorSpecificDataValue      = 0
   }

   /* the following is in the idsRawEventTable */

   {
   idsRawEventOriginator                  = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 2300
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = User Activity Deviation
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = using gcc 10 times than normal
   idsRawEventUserID                      = aaa
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 1011
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:54:57 EDT 1999

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   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = localhost
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = localhost
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = 0
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = 0
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   idsRawEventOriginator                  = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 2301
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = root access attempt
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = su: incorrect password
   idsRawEventUserID                      = aaa
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 1012
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:55:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = localhost
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = localhost
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = 0
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = 0
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   ...

   idsRawEventOriginator                  = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsRawEventIndex                       = 2305
   idsRawEventGeneralInfo                 = access control violation
   idsRawEventDetailedInfo                = socket: Operation not permitted
   idsRawEventUserID                      = aaa
   idsRawEventProcessID                   = 1014
   idsRawEventTimeStamp                   = Tue Jun 22 17:56:57 EDT 1999
   idsRawEventSourceNetworkAddress        = localhost
   idsRawEventTargetNetworkAddress        = localhost
   idsRawEventAttackProtocol              = 0
   idsRawEventAttackedProtocolDetail      = 0
   idsRawEventLocationExt                 = 0

   ...
   }

   /* the following is in the idsReferenceTable */

   {
   idsReferenceOriginator         = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 600
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 2300

   idsReferenceOriginator         = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 601
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 2301

   idsReferenceOriginator         = syslog-analyzer-1
   idsReferenceIndex              = 602
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 2305

   idsReferenceOriginator         = syslog-analyzer-1

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   idsReferenceIndex              = 603
   idsReferenceRawDataTag         = 2309

   ...
   }

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   this standard.  Please address the information to the IETF Executive
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7.  Acknowledgements

   This draft is the product of discussions and deliberations carried
   out in the IETF intrusion detection message exchange format working
   group (ietf-idwg-wg).

8.  References

   [1]  D. Harrington, R. Presuhn and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for
        Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2571, April 1999.

   [2]  Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
        Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", STD 16, RFC
        1155, May 1990.

   [3]  Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD 16,
        RFC 1212, March 1991.

   [4]  Rose, M., "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the
        SNMP", RFC 1215, March 1991.

   [5]  McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose,
        M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information
        Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999.

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   [6]  McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose,
        M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58,
        RFC 2579, April 1999.

   [7]  McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose,
        M. and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD
        58, RFC 2580, April 1999.

   [8]  Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M. and J. Davin, "Simple
        Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990.

   [9]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
        "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901, January
        1996.

   [10] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Transport
        Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
        (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, January 1996.

   [11] Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R. and B. Wijnen, "Message
        Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
        Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2572, April 1999.

   [12] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM)
        for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
        (SNMPv3)", RFC 2574, April 1999.

   [13] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol
        Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
        Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, January 1996.

   [14] Levi, D., Meyer, P. and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications", RFC
        2573, April 1999.

   [15] Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R. and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access
        Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol
        (SNMP)", RFC 2575, April 1999.

   [16] M. Wood, "Intrusion Detection Exchange Format Requirement",
        Internet Draft, IETF, July 1999. Work in Progress.

   [17] H. Debar and M. Huang, "Intrusion Detection Exchange Format Data
        Model", Internet Draft, IETF, August 1999. Work in Progress.

   [18] S. Christey, Mann, and Hill, "Development of a common
        vunerability enumeration." Workshop RAID99, Sep, 99

Security Considerations

   There are management objects defined in this MIB that have a MAX-
   ACCESS clause of read-write and read-create. There is the risk that
   an intruder can alter or create any management objects of this MIB
   via direct SNMP SET operations. So, care must be taken to put in

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   place the security provisions of SNMP for authentication and access
   control.  Not all versions of SNMP provide features for such a
   secure environment.

   SNMPv1 by itself is such an insecure environment.  Even if the
   network itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then,
   there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to
   access and GET (read) and SET (write) the objects in this MIB.

   It is strongly recommended that the implementors consider the security
   features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework.  Specifically, the use
   of the User-based Security Model RFC 2274 [12] and the View-based
   Access Control Model RFC 2275 [15] is recommended.

   It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP
   entity giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly
   configured to give access to those objects only to those principals
   (users) that have legitimate rights to access them.

Authors' Addresses

   S. Felix Wu
   Xiao-Liang Zhao
   Jim Yuill
   Ping Chen

   Dept. of Computer Science
   North Carolina State University
   Box 7550, NCSU Centennial Campus
   Raleigh, NC 27695
   U.S.A.

   Phone: +1-919-515-7920
   EMail: wu@eos.ncsu.edu

   Mike Erlanger
   Department of Computer Science
   HMC
   Aerospace

   EMail: mike@cs.hmc.edu

   Ming-Yu Huang
   Boeing

   EMail:

   Fengmin Gong
   Feiyi Wang
   Advance Networking Research
   MCNC

   EMail: gong@anr.mcnc.org

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